Android is on fire. With 300,000 phones sold every day and thousands of apps added each month, Google’s operating system clearly had one heck of a year. Of course, one cannot help but ask: who is responsible for such jaw-dropping numbers?

This week, Androinica.com will present a series of mini-profiles of people we believe most impact Android. These are the people who design the phones, code the software, and make decisions that influence the road that Android travels. Not all impact it in a positive way, but each person named represents important trends – past, present, and future.

One of these 10 people featured will be crowned Android Person of the Year. This person will be heralded as someone who has influenced the green bot and is likely to do so in 2011. When all 10 profiles have been posted, we’ll open up the voting to the public and select the Android Person of the Year.

Androinica.com will profile the potential candidates throughout the week, but we’d like to hear who readers think should be included. Leave a comment saying who deserves recognition and then compare it to our list that will be compiled throughout the week. User comments may even lead to a last-second nomination.

I have a Droid X and even I vote Cyanogen. If for no other reason than to make it clear to manufacturers and providers that END USERS WANT THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE WHAT SOFTWARE IS ON THEIR PHONE; whether referring to the ROM, apps, or UI / "theme" of the device.

Two thoughts: 1) The little green droid guy. I just love that guy. Geeky and fun and irreverent. 2) Steve Jobs. HERE ME OUT! Without his near-clinical mania for keeping the iPhone an Apple-only device, and his lock-downs and (imho) screw-ups with the iStore and the tie-in to AT&T and their crappy service, Android might not have gotten such a huge initial boost. Don't get me wrong… I loved my Droid 1.0 for the last year, and am loving my new HTC, and would love them without anything creepy-bad to compare them to. But Steve-o's shenanigans certainly added fuel to the fire. My recent post New poem- If I Die

The Cyanogen Team or Koush (clockworkmod)… These 2 has made it possible for users to do so much more with their phones. Perhaps separating your awards? Perhaps one internal google award for people behind the manufacturers/carriers and google. And a second award for the development community.

Not to take anything away from Rovio — Angry Birds is great, but for "Android Person of the Year" and gaming, I'd give a nod to the folks that did Rocket Bunnies, as they did it *Android First* instead of iOS first…